ROMANYUK v. UKRAINE - 77909/12 (Judgment : Article 5 - Right to liberty and security : Fifth Section Committee)

The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting as a Committee composed of:

��������� Lado Chanturia, President, ��������� Ganna Yudkivska, ��������� Mattias Guyomar, judges, and Martina Keller, Deputy Section Registrar,

the application (no. 77909/12) against Ukraine lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (�the Convention�) on 27 November 2012 by a Ukrainian national, Mr Viktor Mykolayovych Romanyuk, born in 1975 and living in Vasylkiv (�the applicant�) who was represented by Mr M.V. Motruk, a lawyer practising in Kyiv;

the decision to give notice of the application to the Ukrainian Government (�the Government�), represented by their then Agent, Mr Ivan Lishchyna.

4.  On 4 February 2013 the applicant left for Italy. Several days later he was declared wanted by the police. The investigating judge ordered the applicant�s arrest with a view to ensuring his presence in the court for the examination of the issue of a preventive measure. On 26 March 2013 the Kyiv Shevchenkivskyy District Court ordered the applicant�s pre-trial detention. Meanwhile, on 22 March 2013, the applicant had been arrested in Italy. On 29 March 2013 he was released subject to an obligation not to abscond.